"He had a broad face and a little round belly, that shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!"

Hello my dear crafty friends!

Today starts a new challenge over at the Crafty Cardmakers & More and I love the inspiration even more than I did all the ones before. Pam chose the poem "Twas the Night Before Christmas" as your inspiration and I found that I could have made at least a dozen different cards from it. Why not hop on over there, read the poem and get inspired by it as well as by the wonderful cards the other team members have created ;o) I chose these two lines for my inspiration and created the following card:"He had a broad face and a little round belly, that shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!"

I have dry embossed my card base using this very cute folder by "Taylored Expressions" and chosen the shape I wanted to go on the card front. I sketched it roughly on a piece of paper and then stamped all the images. After I had coloured them in using Copic markers I die cut the flag shape. I find it easier this way, because I don't particularly like colouring up the the edge of the paper and also the pierced part would take the ink a little differently than the smooth paper.

Before I glued the flag shape to the card front I put some Clear Wink of Stella on Rudolph's nose, the bows and the star. For Santas hat I wanted something more noticable and chose "Rock Candy" Distress Stickles. Unfortunately the pictures don't show all that beautiful shimmer it adds to the card...

I would love to see your creations over at the Crafty Cardmakers blog. And don't forget that I have a giveaway for a $25 gift certificate to an online crafting store of your choice. You can find all the details here ;o) I hope you are enjoying this christmas series as much as I do! ;o)